Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-03 18:17 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Up to four in five cigarettes smoked in Australia are illegal, as new evidence dragged from the nation’s sewers reveals that decades of campaigning to reduce smoking rates has failed.
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[2026-06-03 18:16 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former Parramatta Council boss Gail Connolly pressured an employee to resign for receiving messages from other colleagues that criticised an executive and friend of Connolly’s, an anti-corruption inquiry has heard.
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[2026-06-03 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: ABC North and West SA
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[2026-06-03 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -England coach Brendon McCullum hits the ball to England fielders during a practice session ahead of the fifth and final Ashes cricket test between England and Australia in Sydney, Australia, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
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[2026-06-03 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Electric Vehicles
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[2026-06-03 18:07 UTC+10:00] [Abortion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: About 1,500 anti-abortion activists gathered outside NSW parliament on Tuesday night, rallying in support of a Libertarian MP’s bill to ban sex-selective abortions in the state. The bill is the latest in a series of attempts to wind back abortion access since it was decriminalised in all states and territories almost three years ago.
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[2026-06-03 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Rhiannon Soliman-Marron
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[2026-06-03 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Law, Crime and Justice
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[2026-06-03 17:54 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Greens support needed to pass proposed changes but party concerned it will give government sweeping discretionary powers
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[2026-06-03 17:48 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A country footy club in regional Victoria has apologised for allowing a convicted child sex offender to return to club, acknowledging the decision was “not consistent with what our wider community expects”.
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[2026-06-03 17:43 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Western Australia’s government has moved to revoke the exemption order that allows bauxite miner Alcoa to continue mining while the state’s Environmental Protection Authority conducts an independent assessment of its mining proposals.
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[2026-06-03 17:38 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The NSW and Victorian governments are scrutinising their multimillion-dollar relationships with KPMG, after the consulting giant last week confirmed confidential client data had been shared, throwing the company into turmoil.
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[2026-06-03 17:25 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Exhibition Station will remain open during the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie declared, despite leaked documents revealing concerns about its proximity to the athletes’ village.
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[2026-06-03 17:25 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Exhibition Station will remain open during the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie declared, despite leaked documents revealing concerns about its proximity to the athletes’ village.
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[2026-06-03 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 3 Jun 2026 at 5:21pm
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[2026-06-03 17:21 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The time Perth homes spent on the market has blown out to a median of two weeks, according to new data, but houses are still being snapped up in suburbs once considered working-class.
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[2026-06-03 17:20 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Trump administration has proposed a new 12.5 per cent tariff on Australia and a slew of other countries for allegedly failing to take action to prevent slavery, angering the federal government.
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[2026-06-03 17:13 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: June 3, 2026 17:13 | News
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[2026-06-03 17:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:NRL Women’s Premiership
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[2026-06-03 17:07 UTC+10:00] [World Cup 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Socceroos defender subject of viral campaign to make him ‘Cristiano Ronaldo of World Cup’ as New Zealand’s Tim Payne surpasses All Blacks
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[2026-06-03 16:53 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-03 16:49 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The economy was slowing even before the Middle East conflict and interest rate hikes started to bite, while the boom in datacentres was a rare bright spot
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[2026-06-03 16:46 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-03 16:45 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy ask where it all went wrong for the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations as artists pull out of a scheduled concert series and celebrations. Also: the California governor primary race, why it matters and which candidate has a character based on him in Armando Iannucci’s The Thick of It
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[2026-06-03 16:32 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hundreds of school workers have unanimously rejected the state government’s wage offer in an early sign that attempts to settle the long-running dispute with the education workforce may face trouble.
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[2026-06-03 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Accounting and Auditing Services
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[2026-06-03 16:31 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-03 16:25 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former prime minister Scott Morrison has backed the move to buy only second-hand submarines from the United States, rather than a mix of new and old vessels as originally planned, as he called for Anthony Albanese to do more to sell the benefits of AUKUS to the public.
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[2026-06-03 16:24 UTC+10:00] [Centrelink] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Senate estimates hearing told issues caused by a glitch in the automated system that runs the controversial mutual obligations scheme
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[2026-06-03 16:17 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-06-03 16:13 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The West Australian government will tip $17.8 million into a program to recycle solar panels and lithium-ion batteries in a bid to recover valuable materials and reduce the waste being sent to landfill.
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[2026-06-03 16:12 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A secret plan exists that would throw out height controls across Melbourne, with the government targeting hundreds of train stations for high-rise towers in a radical expansion of its transport zone policy.
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[2026-06-03 16:11 UTC+10:00] [Health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates nicotine consumption rose 40%, with illicit sources accounting for 80% of all tobacco
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[2026-06-03 16:09 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Electric vehicles have notched a new milestone, reaching nearly half of all new vehicle sales last month, revealing the potential for clean cars to defy the sceptics and help Australia to meet its climate goals.
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[2026-06-03 16:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 3 Jun 2026 at 4:09pm
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[2026-06-03 16:04 UTC+10:00] [Gold Coast] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: CCTV cameras caught the carnivorous marsupial skulking around deserted grounds at 4am Tuesday morning
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[2026-06-03 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 3 Jun 2026 at 3:33pm
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[2026-06-03 15:32 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Handwritten notes by a US citizen, in which she said she was “thankful to be alive”, have been read to a jury as part of a second trial for her accused killer.
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[2026-06-03 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Soccer] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Berkeley: Ruben Zadkovich saw it coming. In September 2024, before Lucas Herrington had played a senior game at club level, the then-Brisbane Roar coach made an extraordinary declaration, unprompted: that this frizzy-haired 16-year-old beanpole standing behind him, a player who most fans had never heard of, was actually “the best defender in Australian football right now”.
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[2026-06-03 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 3 Jun 2026 at 3:25pm
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[2026-06-03 15:21 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-03 15:18 UTC+10:00] [Sydney] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After the victory of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party in the Farrer byelection, Barnaby Joyce said the party has its sights set on western Sydney. But could western Sydney communities forge their own path forward and tackle some of their most pressing challenges through grassroots organising?
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[2026-06-03 15:07 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former construction union boss John Setka has received threats on his life, his lawyer has revealed, as he fights allegations he sent abusive emails.
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[2026-06-03 15:04 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pacgold Limited has unveiled a strategic demerger of its non-core North Queensland gold assets, relinquishing control to roll the projects into a soon-to-be-listed and powerfully backed Manda Resources.
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[2026-06-03 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 3 Jun 2026 at 2:57pm
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[2026-06-03 14:29 UTC+10:00] [Australia weather] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: BoM and other agencies expect transition to the first El Niño since spring 2023 sometime during winter
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[2026-06-03 14:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Joc Pederson de los Rangers de Texas le da seguimiento a su doble remolcador en la quinta entrada ante los Cardenales de San Luis el martes 2 de junio del 2026. (AP Foto/Jeff Roberson)
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[2026-06-03 14:11 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Gateway Mining has strengthened the case for a district-scale gold discovery at its flagship 1780-square-kilometre Yandal gold project in Western Australia after reporting a string of high-grade first-pass intercepts from southern structural corridors, a whopping 20 kilometres south of previous drilling at its Mustang prospect.
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[2026-06-03 14:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 3 Jun 2026 at 2:07pm
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[2026-06-03 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale shake hands in Canberra on June 3. © AAP
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